Last week I went to have my tires rotated. I knew I had waited way to long…
A young man approached me and said the front tires have to be replaced, the tread had worn down too far. They were considered “unsafe” for the road and would need to be replaces. Well I was upset, more at my own stupidly, because I knew the front tires ware faster than the back tires.
I think about this simple illustration and apply to our view of God. See God is both “transcendent” and “intimate”. That is “God is Lord”, seated high on a throne “transcendent”, magnificent and mighty. At the same time he is as close as my skin, in my heart…knows my words before they leave my mouth, he is “intimate.”
For years prior generation concentrated on the transcendent nature of God and he became distant and judgmental, which was reflected in the church. A new generation came along and wanted Jesus who was my friend and buddy, they longed for intimacy.
So here we stand on the brink of balance…I think we need to understand and know the “whole” God if you will. We need to know and understand His majesty and at the same time know…he knows how many hairs are on your head.
Balance….
I think in the church today a call for balance to know and acknowledge both natures of God. To know He is Lord over all things, and all things belong to Him…To know he walked the earth, felt hunger and pain. He understand what it means to be “human’ and he loved us so much; he died for the forgiveness of our sin. So we could have a closer relationship with him…
If you concentrate on just one nature of God you will miss the “big picture”, you will never truly understand God. I think the church has to present both…in our personal lives we need to have a balanced view.
It is then when we will understand God is bigger than our problems and is close enough to comfort us.
-ps
Daily Reading: Exodus 22,23,24 Matthew 20:17-34
A young man approached me and said the front tires have to be replaced, the tread had worn down too far. They were considered “unsafe” for the road and would need to be replaces. Well I was upset, more at my own stupidly, because I knew the front tires ware faster than the back tires.
I think about this simple illustration and apply to our view of God. See God is both “transcendent” and “intimate”. That is “God is Lord”, seated high on a throne “transcendent”, magnificent and mighty. At the same time he is as close as my skin, in my heart…knows my words before they leave my mouth, he is “intimate.”
For years prior generation concentrated on the transcendent nature of God and he became distant and judgmental, which was reflected in the church. A new generation came along and wanted Jesus who was my friend and buddy, they longed for intimacy.
So here we stand on the brink of balance…I think we need to understand and know the “whole” God if you will. We need to know and understand His majesty and at the same time know…he knows how many hairs are on your head.
Balance….
I think in the church today a call for balance to know and acknowledge both natures of God. To know He is Lord over all things, and all things belong to Him…To know he walked the earth, felt hunger and pain. He understand what it means to be “human’ and he loved us so much; he died for the forgiveness of our sin. So we could have a closer relationship with him…
If you concentrate on just one nature of God you will miss the “big picture”, you will never truly understand God. I think the church has to present both…in our personal lives we need to have a balanced view.
It is then when we will understand God is bigger than our problems and is close enough to comfort us.
-ps
Daily Reading: Exodus 22,23,24 Matthew 20:17-34
No comments:
Post a Comment